Red Classics Tales of Angria - Softcover

Bronte, Charlotte

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0141035625 ISBN 13: 9780141035628

Publisher: Penguin Classic, 2010

Synopsis

In 1834 Charlotte Brontė and her brother Branwell created the imaginary kingdom of Angria in a series of tiny handmade books. Continuing their saga some years later, the five 'novelettes' in this volume were written by Charlotte when she was in her early twenties, and depict an aristocratic beau monde in witty, racy and ironic language. She creates an exotic, scandalous atmosphere of intrigue and destructive passions, with a cast ranging from the ageing rake Northangerland and his Byronic son-in-law Zamorna, King of Angria, to Mary Percy, Zamorna's lovesick wife, and Charles Townshend, the cynical, gossipy narrator.

About this title

About the Author:

Charlotte Brontė was born in Yorkshire in 1816. As a child, she was sent to boarding school, where two of her sisters died; she was subsequently educated at home with her younger siblings, Emily, Branwell and Anne. As an adult, Charlotte worked as a governess and taught in a school in Brussels. Jane Eyre was first published in 1847 under the pen-name Currer Bell, and was followed by Shirley (1848), Villette (1853) and The Professor (posthumously published in 1857). In 1854 Charlotte married her father's curate, Arthur Bell Nicholls. She died in March of the following year.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classic
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0141035625
• ISBN 13: 9780141035628
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback
• Number of pages: 400